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Intelligence and Security Act 2017

Miscellaneous provisions - Ministerial policy statements

212: Amending, revoking, or replacing ministerial policy statements

You could also call this:

"Ministers can change, cancel, or replace their policy decisions after talking to others and considering their thoughts."

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If you are a Minister who made a ministerial policy statement, you can change it, cancel it, or replace it at any time. Before you make any changes, you must talk to the Inspector-General and other Ministers who might be interested in the statement. You must also talk to any other people you think should be involved and consider what they have to say.

You have to think about the comments you get from these people before you make any changes to the ministerial policy statement. This means you should carefully consider what they say before you decide what to do. You can then amend, revoke, or replace the ministerial policy statement.

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Part 7Miscellaneous provisions
Ministerial policy statements

212Amending, revoking, or replacing ministerial policy statements

  1. The Minister who issued a ministerial policy statement may, at any time, amend, revoke, or replace the ministerial policy statement.

  2. However, before amending, revoking, or replacing a ministerial policy statement, the Minister must—

  3. consult with, and invite comment from,—
    1. the Inspector-General; and
      1. any other Minister of the Crown whose area of responsibility, in the Minister’s opinion, includes an interest in the ministerial policy statement; and
        1. any other person that the Minister considers appropriate; and
        2. have regard to any comments received under paragraph (a).